Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.
<small>Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.</small>
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! % <br /> !Cllrs<br /> ! %<br /> !Cllrs<br /> !rowspan=2|Total<br />Cllrs<br /> |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">UUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">SDLP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">DUP</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Alliance</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | <span style="color:black;">Sinn Féin</span> !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span> |- |align="left"|Antrim North West |30.7 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|36.0 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |15.9 |1 |3.1 |0 |14.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Antrim South East |bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.4 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |19.6 |1 |15.2 |1 |10.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |6.2 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Antrim Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |22.7 |1 |15.4 |1 |10.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |5.6 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |43.0 |9 |26.0 |4 |16.0 |3 |8.2 |2 |4.3 |1 |2.5 |0 |19 |-
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP<br /> 1997: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP<br /> 1993-1997 Change: No change
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist<br /> 1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 1993-1997 Change: Independent Unionist joins UUP
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance<br /> 1993-1997 Change: No change